"What about...?" Hrm, Google was behind more RSS than we realized.

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Google's latest "spring cleaning" may be the company's most heartbreaking since Google Wave. Google Reader, the RSS reader of the masses, will shut down on July 1.

A surprising number of Ars staffers still use Google Reader, so the conversation in the Orbital HQ immediately turned to alternatives. "Oh, what about FeedDemon?" Errr, the service depends on Google Reader. "What about Reeder for iOS?" Same story. My personal alternative, NetNewsWire... ugh.

But when in doubt, Ars can always do what others can't—turn to our collective reader braintrust. So our latest Poll Technica is an obvious one: in light of today's announcement, where are you turning for all your RSS needs?